| THE GOVERNMENT ------- No.: 84/2011/ND-CP | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence– Freedom – Happiness --------------- Hanoi, September 20, 2011 |
DECREE
PROMULGATING SANCTIONS AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS OF PRICING
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THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Law No. 56/2010/QH12 on Inspection which have been passed by the XIIth National Assembly at its 8th session on November 15, 2011;
Pursuant to the April 24, 2002 Ordinance on Prices;
Pursuant to the July 02, 2002 Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violation; the April 02, 2008 Ordinance Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations.
At the proposal of the Minister of Finance,
DECREES:
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Regulation scope
1. This Decree prescribes acts of administrative violations of pricing, forms and rates of sanctions, competence and procedures for sanctioning against administrative violations of pricing (including administrative violations of price and valuation).
Regarding other administrative violations of pricing not specified in this Decree, the provisions of other Government’s Decrees on sanctioning against administrative violations in the related areas of state management shall apply.
Article 2. Subjects of application
1. Individuals and organizations deliberately or unintentionally committing violations of any law provisions on state management of pricing but the violation is not liable to criminal prosecution, shall be sanctioned against administrative violations in the field price.
2. In case the international agreements which Vietnam has signed or acceded provide for handling of administrative violations of pricing regarding foreign organizations and individuals engaging in lawful business, production and supply of goods and services under the law provisions in Vietnam differently than that specified in this Decree, the provisions of the international agreements shall apply.
